The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain Volume 5: 1695–1830

• Frontmatter
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• pp. i-xxvi

• Introduction by Michael F. S. J. Suarez
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• pp. 1-36

PART I - THE QUANTITY AND NATURE OF PRINTED MATTER

• 1 - Towards a bibliometric analysis of the surviving record, 1701–1800 by Michael F. S. J. Suarez
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• pp. 37-65

• 2 - Printed ephemera by Michael Twyman
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• pp. 66-82

PART II - ECONOMIC, LEGAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS

• 3 - The book as a commodity by James Raven
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• pp. 83-117

• 4 - Copyright, authors and censorship by Mark Rose
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• pp. 118-131

• 5 - The rise of the professional author? by Dustin Griffin
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• pp. 132-145

• 6 - Women and print: readers, writers and the market by Isobel Grundy
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• pp. 146-160

PART III - THE TECHNOLOGIES AND AESTHETICS OF BOOK PRODUCTION

• 7 - The technologies of printing by James Mosley
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• pp. 161-199

• 8 - The industrialization of the paper trade by John Bidwell
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• pp. 200-217

• 9 - A year’s work in the London printing house of the Bowyers by Keith Maslen
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• pp. 218-229

• 10 - Book illustration and the world of prints by Tim Clayton
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• pp. 230-247

• 11 - The morphology of the page by Nicolas Barker
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• pp. 248-267

• 12 - Bookbinding in the eighteenth century by Nicolas Pickwoad
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• pp. 268-290

PART IV - THE BOOK TRADE AND ITS MARKETS

I - LONDON AND THE ‘COUNTRY’

• 13 - London and the central sites of the English book trade by James Raven
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• pp. 291-308

• 14 - Personnel within the London book trades: evidence from the Stationers’ Company by Michael L. Turner
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• pp. 309-334

• 15 - The English provincial book trade: evidence from the British book trade index by Maureen Bell and John Hinks
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• pp. 335-351

• 16 - The Scottish book trade by Iain Beavan and Warren McDougall
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• pp. 352-365

• 17 - The Irish trade by Charles Benson
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• pp. 366-382

II - TWO CASE STUDIES

• 18 - Richard Francklin: a controversial publisher, bookseller and printer, 1718–1765 by James J. Caudle
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• pp. 383-396

• 19 - The Longmans and the book trade, c.1730–1830 by Asa Briggs
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• pp. 397-412

III - SERIAL PUBLICATION AND THE TRADE

• 20 - London newspapers by Michael Harris
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• pp. 413-433

• 21 - Newspapers and the sale of books in the provinces by C. J. Ferdinand
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• pp. 434-447

• 22 - British commercial and financial journalism before 1800 by John McCusker
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• pp. 448-465

• 23 - Distribution – the case of William Tayler by Michael L. Turner
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• pp. 466-478

• 24 - Periodicals and the trade, 1695–1780 by James Tierney
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• pp. 479-497

• 25 - Periodicals and serial publications, 1780–1830 by Brian Maidment
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• pp. 498-512

IV - THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET

• 26 - Continental imports to Britain, 1695–1740 by P. G. Hoftijzer and O. S. Lankhorst
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• pp. 513-522

• 27 - The English book on the Continent by Bernhard Fabian and Marie-Luise Speickermann
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• pp. 523-543

• 28 - The British book in North America by James N. Green
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• pp. 544-559

• 29 - The British book in India by Graham Shaw
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• pp. 560-576

V - BOOKS AND THEIR READERS

I - RELIGIOUS BOOKS

• 30 - Religious publishing by Isabel Rivers
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• pp. 577-600

• 31 - The Bible trade by B. J. McMullin
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• pp. 601-612

• 32 - The publishing and distribution of religious books by voluntary associations: from the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge to the British and Foreign Bible Society by Scott Mandelbrote
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• pp. 613-630

II - LITERATURE AND THE CULTURE OF LETTERS

• 33 - Book reviewing by Antonia Forster
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• pp. 631-648

• 34 - Publishing contemporary English literature, 1695–1774 by Michael F. S. J. Suarez
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• pp. 649-666

• 35 - British literature, 1774–1830 by Kathyrn Sutherland
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• pp. 667-683

• 36 - Scholarly editing: patristics, classical literature and Shakespeare by Marcus Walsh
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• pp. 684-698

• 37 - The reprint trade by Thomas F. Bonnell
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• pp. 699-710

III - SPECIALIST BOOKS AND MARKETS

• 38 - Collecting and the antiquarian book trade by Richard Landon
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• pp. 711-722

• 39 - The Stationers’ Company and the almanack trade by Robin Myers
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• pp. 723-735

• 40 - Children’s books and school-books by Andrea Immel
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• pp. 736-749

• 41 - Music by David Hunter
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• pp. 750-761

• 42 - Maps, charts and atlases in Britain, 1690–1830 by Yolande Hodson
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• pp. 762-780

• 43 - Enlarging the prospects of happiness: travel reading and travel writing by Shef Rogers
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• pp. 781-790

• 44 - Law books by Wilfrid Prest
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• pp. 791-806

• 45 - Philosophical books by John Valdimir Price
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• pp. 807-817

• 46 - Scientific and medical books, 1695–1780 by Alice Walters
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• pp. 818-826

• 47 - Scientific and medical books, 1780–1830 by Jonathan R. Topham
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• pp. 827-833

• 48 - ‘Radical publishing’ by Marcus Wood
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• pp. 834-848

• 49 - Mining the archive: a guide to present and future book-historical research resources by Michael F. S. J. Suarez
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• pp. 849-859

• Abbreviations used in bibliography
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• pp. 860-862

• Bibliography
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• pp. 863-940

• Index
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• pp. 941-1020

• Additional Materials

• Frontispiece
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